Proudly serving IL-06. Dad, husband, former clean energy entrepreneur. Climate nerd, gun safety & consumer advocate @USHouseFSC @JECDems. He/him
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Rep. Sean Casten retweeted
As the Trump admin rolls back the EPA’s authority to control climate pollution and lets real estate platforms remove climate risk data from listings, our communities pay the price.
@RepCasten and Eaton fire survivor Sam Strgacich on the need for action:
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Rep. Sean Casten retweeted
“I had a constituent who called me because they found out their son was struggling with mental health issues in his suicide note. He said, ‘I thought I could muscle through, and I didn’t.’”
@RepCasten discusses the bipartisan Mental Health in Aviation Act, introduced with @RepPeteStauber, to expand access to mental health care for pilots and air traffic controllers.
Rep. Sean Casten retweeted
Today, I join my colleagues @RepCasten and @RepMikeLevin in introducing the Energy Bills Relief Act: a major legislative package to address rising energy costs.
With electricity bills increasing as much as 13% under the Trump administration, America needs a new approach to energy — one that puts people over profits. This approach also includes my SITE Act, which will give FERC the authority to build interstate transmission lines, improving electricity accessibility and reliability.
Rep. Sean Casten retweeted
We have the tools to power America with abundant, reliable, American-made clean energy. The missing link is a consumer-first energy policy. That's why SEEC's Clean Energy Deployment Task Force Co-Chairs @RepCasten & @RepMikeLevin introduced the Energy Bills Relief Act today.
Rep. Sean Casten retweeted
J Street welcomes @RepCasten’s Ceasefire Compliance Act – grounded in a simple principle: US weapons must not be used in ways that violate American values or interests.
This bill enforces the Gaza ceasefire, curbs annexation in the West Bank and protects Israel’s security. 1/5
Rep. Sean Casten retweeted
TO ALL FEDERAL WORKERS: if you were illegally fired today and have information of wrongdoing or abuse of power by the Trump Administration, our whistleblower tip line is open.
We want to hear from you. All whistleblowers are federally protected.
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Rep. Sean Casten retweeted
SEEC Clean Energy Deployment Task Force's @RepCasten & @RepMikeLevin unveiled the Cheap Energy Act, a comprehensive approach to lowering American consumers’ energy costs. The cheapest, most reliable forms of energy are also the cleanest.
Rep. Sean Casten retweeted
We’re just as perplexed as @RepJeffries. @HouseGOP keep voting for a budget bill that kills the clean energy tax credits, which they themselves said would “result in a 10% increase in electricity costs for consumers by 2026.” End the war on clean, cheap energy. Kill the Bill.
Rep. Sean Casten retweeted
Medicaid benefits all of us.
If Congress passes Speaker Johnson's proposal to dismantle the program, it will affect each and every American.
All so that Donald Trump can get a tax cut.
Rep. Sean Casten retweeted
Ranking Member @RepMaxineWaters & Vice Ranking Member @RepCasten lead 39 Democratic Members in a letter to the CEO's of leading U.S. financial institutions calling them out for abandoning their previous commitments to address the growing climate crisis. | tinyurl.com/azfcrca7
Rep. Sean Casten retweeted
In today’s FSC hearing, I pressed Treasury Secretary Bessent on Elon Musk’s hack of the Treasury Department payment systems.
Sec. Bessent conveniently avoided the truth in his responses to my questions.
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Rep. Sean Casten retweeted
A constituent called me to tell me about their son battling colon cancer. They're at the point where they need to start clinical trials, but none are available because of Trump's cuts to the NIH.
The reality is that my Republican colleagues fear Trump more than they fear cancer.
Rep. Sean Casten retweeted
WATCH: Vice RM @RepCasten calls out Republicans at Committee markup:
"We are here because Donald Trump feels that he and Elon Musk are not rich enough and we need to have $4.5 trillion of tax cuts, and they've realized politically that they can't do that by cutting Social Security and defense, and all that's left is massive cuts to everything else."
Rep. Sean Casten retweeted
Democratic Reps. Sean Casten and Haley Stevens are filing a discharge petition on their bill to restrict DOGE's access to taxpayer data:
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Rep. Sean Casten retweeted
Notably absent from this list:
Russia.
FULL LIST: Liberation Day
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The Trump admin presents "Tariffs Charged to the USA" as foreign tariff rates, but they are not. They are calculated by taking the US trade deficit with a country, dividing by their exports to the US, then usually halving the result—or just using a base rate of 10%.
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Rep. Sean Casten retweeted
Vice Ranking Member @RepCasten's opening statement at a today's full Committee markup:
“Republicans would like to overturn a rule that limits bank overdraft fees to $5 – down from $35 or more – and is right now saving American consumers $5 billion a year." | tinyurl.com/yvrhde9v
Rep. Sean Casten retweeted
American Water VP, Chief Legislative & External Affairs Officer Christine Keck, and @ilamwater President Rebecca Losli had the pleasure of meeting with @RepCasten (IL-6) last week during @NARUC. We appreciate your service and dedication, Congressman Casten!
Rep. Sean Casten retweeted
I sent a letter with @RepCasten and the IL Congressional Delegation to @EPALeeZeldin urging him to reconsider plans to terminate over 1,100 probationary @EPA employees.
Their termination would threaten the critical work they do for the health of our communities and the environment in IL and the Midwest.
Rep. Sean Casten retweeted
New Dems @RepHaleyStevens, @RepCasten, @RepHoulahan, & @RepTimKennedy spoke on the House floor to support the Taxpayer Data Protection Act.
This important bill will ensure Americans' sensitive, private data stays out of the hands of unelected billionaires like Elon Musk.
Rep. Sean Casten retweeted
Fascism survives so long as the evil at the top is supported by cowards below, willing to look the other way in exchange for some proximity to power.
Is any Republican in Congress willing to stand against Elon Musk and for the American People? Or will they sit in cowardly complicity with the evil of their leaders?